HR 4541 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

To establish a grant program to provide certain eligible entities engaged in food recovery with grants to support certain costs.

Introduced Sep 27, 2019 Originated House Sponsor David B. McKinley R-WV

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Oct 11, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 27, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to award grants to public food service providers, tribal organizations, or private nonprofit entities for activities related to food recovery.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 27, 2019.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalSep 27, 2019

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred Sep 27, 2019
Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
Referred Oct 11, 2019

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 11, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
  2. Sep 27, 2019Introduced in House
  3. Sep 27, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1 Section 8 Section 8--Powers of Congress. To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 157, September 27, 2019, page H8081.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 2527Food Recovery Transportation ActReintroduced BillJun 14, 2021
HR 5841Food Recovery Act of 2020Related billFeb 11, 2020

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To establish a grant program to provide certain eligible entities engaged in food recovery with grants to support certain costs.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 27, 2019Introduced in House

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